October 31, 2024

Searching for Tula Pink De La Luna Fabric

 Ok quilters ... would any of you have any of this Tula Pink De La Luna fabric that you would be open to selling at a reasonable price? I am searching for at least 1 colorway each of the faces, skulls, luna moths, and the eyeballs.


It is out of print so it would have to be in your stash.


August 23, 2024

Comfort Quilt for Elizabeth

 Elizabeth and I met face to face via an online quilting group in 2008.  From that moment on, we have been best friends as if we had known each other our entire lives.  She is a very loving and caring woman!  She moved to Massachusetts from Puerto Rico over 50 years ago.  My husband's friend asked him to go to a Boston/NC State ballgame with him that was being held in Boston in 2008.  I wouldn't let them leave me behind because I knew several quilters via the online group from the area we were heading to and Elizabeth was one of those quilters.  We were going to stay at a Choice Hotel and the quilters had gone and asked if we could use their meeting room for the day and they agreed we could.  We all sat and stitched and talked all day.  We went out for lunch and a little shopping as well.  I made some lifelong friendships from being able to meet them in person.  The online group does a lot of comfort quilts and charity work and when Elizabeth had 2 brothers pass away within 4 months of each other, I put out the call for heart blocks and was able to make this quilt to present to her.  She came for a weeks visit this June, something she has done many times since we met in Boston in 2008 and several times even staying 2 weeks.  I presented the quilt to her and she loved it so very much!  These quilts get prayed over as the blocks are being made and as the quilt is going together and being finished.  It serves as prayers, love and hugs from the ladies who take part for a lifetime to the recipient. 



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August 14, 2024

Comfort Quilts for the Minor Family

 My good friend lost her daughter last year and I, along with a group of quilters, have been creating comfort quilts for them.  2 other ladies and the group made a quilt for the mother and the group and I made quilts for the 2 siblings and for the dad.  These quilts are prayed over as the blocks are being made by quilters from all across the USA.  The blocks for the dads and siblings quilts were sent to me for the 3 quilts and I put them together and quilted them.  The family received a heap of blessings when they opened the box. A comfort quilt provides the family members with hugs and love for a lifetime from friends who share the same passion. I am glad I have the means to help make these quilts possible.







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July 30, 2024

National World Embroidery Day!

Today is the official World Embroidery Day. It was set up July 30, 2011 by a Swedish Embroiderer’s Guild and since then has spread swiftly around the globe.

I didn't do any embroidery until around 2007/2008. I can't exactly remember when I sat down with needle and floss for the first time to embroidery on a crazy quilt piece. All I do know is, I learned to love it. My maternal grandmother did a little bit of embroidery on pillowcases from back in the day. But her greatest 2 loves were crocheting and quilting. I wish I knew how many things she actually made over the course of her lifetime of 94 years.
I will share a few photos of some of my embroidery. The first pic and the closeups that follow are of a piece I made my granddaughter Allie for her 8th birthday in 2011. It is still my best piece so far. Some of the smaller blocks in the pics were a round robin where someone else made the block and I did the embellishing with embroidery, beads..etc... The button tree block was made for my friend Amanda. It was part of a full block exchange. She stitched and embellished me a piece and I did the same for her.
I am not as skilled as some but my work will hold it's own. I hope you enjoyed the photos.















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